I-Starjump, kunye ne-turret yayo ekhutshwe ngumoya, yenza i-jump yayo yokuqala nge-injini ye-Raptor, njengoko i-CEO ye-SpaceX u-Elon Musk ebhengeze ngovuyo kwi-Twitter. I-cone ye-prototype yachithwa ngexesha lomoya wenkanyamba emva ngoJanuwari. Ukutsiba kovavanyo, kwagqitywa ekubeni kungabuyiswa. Ukongeza, i-Starhopper, njengeprototype yekamva elinzima kakhulu le-rocket Starship, eyenzelwe ukuvavanya i-injini ye-Raptor kwindawo yokuphakama kwe-suborbital, yabizwa, yabotshelelwa emhlabeni ukunqanda ukubhabha okungalawulwayo kwicala elingalindelekanga. Njengoko uqonda, i-aerodynamics yerokethi ngaphandle kwe-fairing ishiya into enqwenelekayo.
Nangona kunjalo, kule meko akunamsebenzi. Iprototype yadubula iinjini zayo kwaye yasuka phantsi. "Zonke iinkqubo ziluhlaza," watsho uMusk. Ngamanye amazwi, ukutsiba kuhambe njengoko bekulindelwe, kwaye ukuqaliswa kunye neenkqubo zokusebenza beziqhelekile. Olu yayiluvavanyo lokuqala olupheleleyo lweprototype efana nerokhethi kwisiseko se-SpaceX saseTexas. Uvavanyo lwenzeke malunga nentsimbi yesi-4 am ngexesha laseMoscow. UMusk akazange abelane ngeenkcukacha, kodwa kucingelwa ukuba iprototype ixhotyiswe ngenjini yesibini yeRaptor elungiselelwe ukuvavanywa. I-Starship rocket yokuthutha oosomajukujuku abali-100 ukuya eNyangeni okanye kuMars iya kuxhotyiswa ngeenjini ezisi-7 ezinjalo.
Masikhumbule kwakhona ukuba kwagqitywa ekubeni kwenziwe i-Starship kunye ne-Starhopper prototype kungekhona kwizinto ezidibeneyo, kodwa kwintsimbi. Ngaxa lithile, sachaza isizathu sokuba inkampani ize nale nkcazelo. I-rocket ye-Starhopper kufuneka iqinisekise okanye ikhanyele ukuchaneka kokhetho. Lo mboniso unobubanzi obuziimitha ezili-9 kunye nobude (kunye ne-fairing) yeemitha ezingama-39. Iphethe injini yeRaptor enye kwaye ithembisa ukunceda kungekuphela nje ukuphuhlisa itekhnoloji yeprojekthi yeStarship, kodwa nakuphuhliso lokhenketho lwasesibhakabhakeni.
umthombo: 3dnews.ru